Meliodosis Presenting as Encephalitis
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 6 (2) , 156-157
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03312.x
Abstract
Summary: Meliodosis presenting as encephalitis. N. Singh, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1976. 6, pp. 156–157.Meliodosis is an infectious disease caused by Pseudomonas pseudomellei, an organism that is common in South‐East Asia, the Caribbean and northern Australia. In the author's case report the disease presented as an encephalitic illness with fever and epileptic fits in a five‐year‐old Chinese boy. The case illustrates one of the many forms of this illness. The patient though very ill, made an excellent recovery. The report discusses the manifestations, diagnosis and management of Meliodosis.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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